The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864--Wilderness campaign – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864--Wilderness campaign. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864--Wilderness campaign
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Germanna Ford, on the Rapidan River in Virginia, is the site this pencil drawing shows as the Army of the Potomac crossed on May 5, 1864, the first day of Ulysses S. Grant's campaign against Richmond. The army then moved into the Wilderness, a dense tangle of scrub and second-growth woods where fighting began within days. The drawing is one of the Civil War sketches in the Library of Congress collection, and its caption describes the crossing as the first day's advance of the campaign.
| Created / published | 1864 May 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.209) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection." |
| Subjects | The Army of the Potomac crossing the Rapidan River at Germanna Ford--The first day's advance of the Army of the Potomac in its great and last campaign against Richmond"--on mat. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,652 × 3,719 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219610 |
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